Please Don’t Take My Baby

Name: Please Don’t Take My Baby
Rating: 4.421259880065918 (254 reviews)

Cathy Glass

Apr 2013 · HarperCollins UK

4.4

254 reviews

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‘I’m going to love my baby and give her lots of attention,’ Jade said. ‘I’ll show my mum she’s wrong.’

Jade, 17, is pregnant, homeless and alone when she’s brought to live with Cathy. Jade is desperate to keep her baby, but little more than a child herself, she struggles with the responsibilities her daughter brings.

Cathy is worried as soon as Jade arrives: she’s never looked after a pregnant teenager before, but none of the mother and baby carers is free, and – seventeen years old, seven months pregnant and homeless – Jade is in a desperate situation.

But Jade doesn’t want to listen or advice and although her daughter is born safely it isn’t long before Jade’s in trouble with the police.

Cathy knows that Jade loves her daughter with all her heart, but will she be able to get through to Jade in time to make her realise just how much she might lose?

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4.4

254 reviews

Gemma Darking

September 17, 2021

WOW!... What a rollercoaster heart beating read... LOL!! :-D I loved the ending though and what a scary thought that it all could of been so different... What alot of patience Cathy must have and I think it's lovely the close bond Cathy and Jade built up through out the book and for many years after Jade was out of care... I defo recommend you read this next.... It's 5 stars from me 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🤗👍

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mylifeandmyanimals x

June 26, 2016

Second book in a week that I have read by you! I love your stories.. I want to become a foster carer and you have only made this need to become one even stronger.. amazing story.. so sad and heartbreaking at parts.. love it.. ❤

Angela Boleman

April 12, 2014

Scared it was going to have a sad ending, being it was a true story. Book was so good I read it in two days and to my surprise I loved the happy ending!

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About the author

Cathy has been a foster carer for over 30 years, during which time she has looked after more than 150 children, of all ages and backgrounds. She has three teenage children of her own; one of whom was adopted after a long-term foster placement. The name Cathy Glass is a pseudonym.

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